​​Time to Posses the Land
The Lord's command us to go into the land Joshua 1:1-9

Don't get trapped by human tendencies of greed 
Joshua 7: 20-26 or rebellion Numbers 16:1-32

Utilize this personal time to purify yourselves; the walk requires less of self, straighter walk, and more obedience Matthew 7:13,14

Keep proper prospective about the journey and the promise  Deuteronomy 8:1-20

 
Children of the Light
 
We must understand that we are children of light and not darkness.
Isaiah 60 speaks of this difference between light and darkness.  There is a darkness camouflaged as light
The bible says that Satan disguised himself as an angel of light.
IJohn 1:7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Satan’s main goal is to make people think that evil does not exist, that there is no real devil, no real manifestation of demons, no real evil, not real hell, no consequences for sin.
His works are manifest in great ways!
Why and what it means to be children of light.
No fellowship with the woks of darkness.  There is no significance in folly, festive “good times”,
Luke 11  the men of Ninevah
Luke 11:32 “ The men of Ninevah shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Our eye must be single so that our whole body can be full of light
No man lighteth a candle and hideth it.
Take heed that you light be not darkness.
Jesus is greater than Jonah.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. The Spirit of man is that candle of the lord. (Proverb 20:27)
A candle without fire is nothing more than a wick rolled in wax.  There is no value without light.
His light has come and lighteth our spirit.
2
(John 1:4)  in him was life and the life was the light of men.
Light represents life to our spirit man
(John 3:16)  16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The spirit of God came so we can see.  a person not born again cannot see the things of God
??Jesus spoke in parable, or codes.   Don’t cast your pearls before swine.  They will argue, mock, rend you.
(1 Corinthians 2:9-10)  9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, Neither have entered into the heart of man, The things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
From the hour that we accepted  him  our human spirit was lit!
We can be rightly perceiving the things of the kingdom of God.
(1John 1:4,5)   In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 
Satan has blindeth the minds of those who don’t believe.
(2 Cor 4:4 ) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them
 
If our gospel be hid, it is hid 
2-Corinthians-4:3-5
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
 
We are born in darkness, in sin, with the nature of Adam, the nature of sin.  All must be born again, mjst receive life!
Perceive things freely given to us of God.
 
3
Luke 11  How great is that darkness
Illuminati,  understanding outside of the word of God - False reasoning leads to distraction
If the the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 7.
 
 Isaiah 5:20 How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter.
 
God’s  love  John 3:16  there is no other way to the father
no other name under heaven given among men
there is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.
 
condemnation is when man loves darkness
(John 3:19)  19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
people want to continue in their evil ways, contrary to the world, to avoid the truth of the Word.
“He that doeth the truth comes to the light.”
It is important for those who name the name of Christ to abstain from evil.
(2Corinthinans 4)  if our gospel be hid it is hid from…
The earth is the Lord’s, He is creator of all,  Satan is the God of this world’s system.
(Romans 12:1,2) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
A lot of information now is initiated  by the devil.  The enemy wants to have his own light, to get the glory.  When he was cast out, he wanted to receive the praise .  He convinced a third of the angels to follow him.
In our natural condition we have no power to resist the deceptions of the enemy.
4
Genesis 3:1-7 King James Version (KJV) 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 
 Satan came in the form of a serpent. He wanted Eve to question what God had said and to partake the tree.  Told her that she would see the way things really were. 
Adam and Eve were covered by the Shekinah glory.  They were not naked.  The deception of the enemy is to make you think his ways are greater than God’s ways!
2Corinthians 11:3-4  4   But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
 
Gen 3:1. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
Paul warns, do not be deceived
 
All  have sinned, but if we confess our sins we shall be saved
Salvation is not complicated.  Make the decision, have determination and walk in the light!
4 contd.
The enemy makes you think that it’s more complicated,  causing you to receive another gospel with mixture and  compromises  through  false apostles.  We are already born again with the Christ nature, etc.
 God is a god of peace!  Things that look like God but are not are counterfeit.
(Mark 16:18) Jesus said to his disciples. “Behold I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions… no weapon shall by any means hurt you.
greater is he that is in you

(2Cor 1;13,14) For such are false Apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel. Is it said that they appear to be Christ's ministers? For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
5
The Devil has his ministers – witches, warlocks, medians, etc. are obviously workers of Satan but some claim to be Christians!
Judge them according to their works and their words.
“be not deceived,  if your heart is good, it will come out of your mouth
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh
(James  3:10)  Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? out of the same fountain…
 
5 cont
Origins of the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth
Evil things are done in the dark, in secret
All things made manifest by the light
Arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light
some think they are walking in light
cannot see he truth
The saints must not fall asleep!
The darker the time the greater the light!
Jesus warned that the love of the world would wax cold because iniquity would abound!
people being hard hearted
arise from the dead, walk circumspectly.  be not drunk with wine…
Jesus gives joy, not from a bottle or a pipe.  These are only a temporary escape
6
the enemy tries to disguise himself
wants you too think that evil is good and good is evil
If you speak against anything of his you are evil
Satan is the god of this world system.
  
Halloween’s demonic origins.
Christians should have no fellowship with this practice.
The root word Hallow in  “Halloween” means “Holy”, or ascribed to God only!
It is a Pagan ritual!  of Celtic origin practiced by the Druids.
It’s origin goes way back even before Ireland, etc.  All the way back to Cannan! 
The Cannanites, Hittites, a nd Jebusites who practiced human sacrifice, etc.
Elijah and Jezebel fought because of this Baal worship.
Baal – Human sacrifice
The Phoenicians brought it home after triumphing in the 1840s.
The Druid priests sacrificed children and called this Halloween; a festival of the death and hell.
They believe the soul is immortal, having the ability to pass from one dead body to another living body -  a transfer of spirits
(Hebrews 9;7)  it is appointed unto  man once to die and after that the judgement
 


2
(John 1:4)  in him was life and the life was the light of men.
Light represents life to our spirit man
(John 3:16)  16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The spirit of God came so we can see.  a person not born again cannot see the things of God
??Jesus spoke in parable, or codes.   Don’t cast your pearls before swine.  They will argue, mock, rend you.
(1 Corinthians 2:9-10)  9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, Neither have entered into the heart of man, The things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
From the hour that we accepted  him  our human spirit was lit!
We can be rightly perceiving the things of the kingdom of God.
(1John 1:4,5)   In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 
Satan has blindeth the minds of those who don’t believe.
(2 Cor 4:4 ) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them
 
2-Corinthians-4:3-5
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
 
We are born in darkness, in sin, with the nature of Adam, the nature of sin.  All must be born again, mjst receive life!
Perceive things freely given to us of God.
 
3
Luke 11  How great is that darkness
Illuminati,  understanding outside of the word of God - False reasoning leads to distraction
If the the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 7.
 
 Isaiah 5:20 How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter.
 
God’s  love  John 3:16  there is no other way to the father
no other name under heaven given among men
there is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.
 
the condemnation is when man loves darkness
(John 3:19)  19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
people want to continue in their evil ways, contrary to the world, to avoid the truth of the Word.
“He that doeth the truth comes to the light.”
It is important for those who name the name of Christ to abstain from evil.
(2Corinthinans 4)  if our gospel be hid it is hid from…
The earth is the Lord’s, He is creator of all,  Satan is the God of this world’s system.
(Romans 12:1,2) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
A lot of information now is initiated  by the devil.  The enemy wants to have his own light, to get the glory.  When he was cast out, he wanted to receive the praise .  He convinced a third of the angels to follow him.
In our natural condition we have no power to resist the deceptions of the enemy.
4
Genesis 3:1-7 King James Version (KJV) 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 
2Corinthians 11   Satan came in the form of a serpent. He wanted Eve to question what God had said and to partake the tree.  Told her that she would see the way things really were. 
Adam and Eve were covered by the Shekinah glory.  They were not naked.  The deception of the enemy is to make you think his ways are greater than God’s ways! 11:3-4   I fear lest by any means…more subtle than any beast of the field…

 
Gen 3:1. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
Paul warns, do not be deceived
 
All  have sinned, but if we confess our sins we shall be saved
Salvation is not complicated.  Make the decision, have determination and walk in the light!
4 contd.
The enemy makes you think that it’s more complicated,  causing you to receive another gospel with mixture and  compromises  through  false apostles.  We are already born again with the Christ nature, etc.
 God is a god of peace!  Things that look like God but are not are counterfeit.
(Mark 16:18) Jesus said to his disciples. “Behold I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions… no weapon shall by any means hurt you.
greater is he that is in you
(2Cor 1;13,14) For such are false Apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel. Is it said that they appear to be Christ's ministers? For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
5
The Devil has his ministers – witches, warlocks, medians, etc. are obviously workers of Satan but some claim to be Christians!
Judge them according to their works and their words.
“be not deceived,  if your heart is good, it will come out of your mouth
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh
(James  3:10)  Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? out of the same fountain…
 
5 cont
Origins of the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth
Evil things are done in the dark, in secret
All things made manifest by the light
Arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light
some think they are walking in light
cannot see he truth
The saints must not fall asleep!
The darker the time the greater the light!
Jesus warned that the love of the world would wax cold because iniquity would abound!
people being hard hearted
arise from the dead, walk circumspectly.  be not drunk with wine…
Jesus gives joy, not from a bottle or a pipe.  These are only a temporary escape
6
the enemy tries to disguise himself
wants you too think that evil is good and good is evil
If you speak against anything of his you are evil
Satan is the god of this world system.
   
Halloween’s demonic origins.
Christians should have no fellowship with this practice.
The root word Hallow in  “Halloween” means “Holy”, or ascribed to God only!
It is a Pagan ritual!  of Celtic origin practiced by the Druids.

7
One of their many practices was to hallow out oak trees, put their victims inside and burn them.
The Canaanites burned their children, especially their first born, as a sacrifice to their idol gods.
They believed there is a veil between the living and the dead that is thinnest during this season and that the dead would roam around looking for a body to inhabit.  People dressed  as spirits in order to look like they were also dead  This is not a casual thing!  Have no fellowship with this work of darkness. 
Britain, Ireland and Scotland call this all Hallows day – celebrating saints, etc.
They decided to incorporate the Druid holiday for protection.
They disguised it as a celebration of seasonal changes!
2Cor 6:14  be ye not unequally yoked together…ye shall be my sons and daughters.
Light and darkness cannot dwell together.
God is not willing that any should perish.
After salvation we dan call on God.
(1John 2:1) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
(1 John 1:9) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
One example of how the enemy presents himself as light:
Many things of darkness are disguises and have nothing to do with the things of God.
It is time to stand and speak the truth in love!
Know the truth of God’s love.  Tell the truth all the way.
Walk in the truth.  Arise, shine!  The glory of the lord has risen upon us! 

Children of the Light
 
We must understand that we are children of light and not darkness.
Isaiah 60 speaks of this difference between light and darkness.  There is a darkness camouflaged as light
The bible says that Satan disguised himself as an angel of light.
IJohn 1:7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Satan’s main goal is to make people think that evil does not exist, that there is no real devil, no real manifestation of demons, no real evil, not real hell, no consequences for sin.
His works are manifest in great ways!
Why and what it means to be children of light.
No fellowship with the woks of darkness.  There is no significance in folly, festive “good times”,
Luke 11  the men of Ninevah
Luke 11:32 “ The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Our eye must be single so that our whole body can be full of light
No man lighteth a candle and hideth it.
Take heed that you light be not darkness.
Jesus is greater than Jonah.
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. The Spirit of man is that candle of the lord. (Proverb 20:27)
A candle without fire is nothing more than a wick rolled in wax.  There is no value without light.
His light has come and lighteth our spirit.
2
(John 1:4)  in him was life and the life was the light of men.
Light represents life to our spirit man
(John 3:16)  16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The spirit of God came so we can see.  a person not born again cannot see the things of God
??Jesus spoke in parable, or codes.   Don’t cast your pearls before swine.  They will argue, mock, rend you.
(1 Corinthians 2:9-10)  9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, Neither have entered into the heart of man, The things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
From the hour that we accepted  him  our human spirit was lit!
We can be rightly perceiving the things of the kingdom of God.
(1John 1:4,5)   In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 
Satan has blindeth the minds of those who don’t believe.
(2 Cor 4:4 ) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them
 
2 CORINTHIANS 4:3 KJV "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid ...
2-Corinthians-4:3-5
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
 
We are born in darkness, in sin, with the nature of Adam, the nature of sin.  All must be born again, mjst receive life!
Perceive things freely given to us of God.
 
3
Luke 11  How great is that darkness
Illuminati,  understanding outside of the word of God - False reasoning leads to distraction
If the the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 7.
 
 Isaiah 5:20 How horrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn what is bitter into something sweet and what is sweet into something bitter.
 
God’s  love  John 3:16  there is no other way to the father
no other name under heaven given among men
there is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.
 
the condemnation is when man loves darkness
(John 3:19)  19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
people want to continue in their evil ways, contrary to the world, to avoid the truth of the Word.
“He that doeth the truth comes to the light.”
It is important for those who name the name of Christ to abstain from evil.
(2Corinthinans 4)  if our gospel be hid it is hid from…
The earth is the Lord’s, He is creator of all,  Satan is the God of this world’s system.
(Romans 12:1,2) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
A lot of information now is initiated  by the devil.  The enemy wants to have his own light, to get the glory.  When he was cast out, he wanted to receive the praise .  He convinced a third of the angels to follow him.
In our natural condition we have no power to resist the deceptions of the enemy.
4
Genesis 3:1-7 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 
Satan came in the form of a serpent. He wanted Eve to question what God had said and to partake the tree.  Told her that she would see the way things really were. 
Adam and Eve were covered by the Shekinah glory.  They were not naked.  The deception of the enemy is to make you think his ways are greater than God’s ways! 2Corinthians 11:3,4   But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
 
Gen 3:1. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
Paul warns, do not be deceived
 
All  have sinned, but if we confess our sins we shall be saved
Salvation is not complicated.  Make the decision, have determination and walk in the light!
4 contd.
The enemy makes you think that it’s more complicated,  causing you to receive another gospel with mixture and  compromises  through  false apostles.  We are already born again with the Christ nature, etc.
 God is a god of peace!  Things that look like God but are not are counterfeit.
(Mark 16:18) Jesus said to his disciples. “Behold I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions… no weapon shall by any means hurt you.
greater is he that is in you
(2Cor 1;13,14) For such are false Apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel. Is it said that they appear to be Christ's ministers? For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
5
The Devil has his ministers – witches, warlocks, medians, etc. are obviously workers of Satan but some claim to be Christians!
Judge them according to their works and their words.
“be not deceived,  if your heart is good, it will come out of your mouth
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh
(James  3:10)  Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? out of the same fountain…
 
5 cont
Origins of the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth
Evil things are done in the dark, in secret
All things made manifest by the light
Arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light
some think they are walking in light
cannot see he truth
The saints must not fall asleep!
The darker the time the greater the light!
Jesus warned that the love of the world would wax cold because iniquity would abound!
people being hard hearted
arise from the dead, walk circumspectly.  be not drunk with wine…
Jesus gives joy, not from a bottle or a pipe.  These are only a temporary escape
6
the enemy tries to disguise himself
wants you too think that evil is good and good is evil
If you speak against anything of his you are evil
Satan is the god of this world system.
 
 
 
 
Halloween’s demonic origins.
Christians should have no fellowship with this practice.
The root word Hallow in  “Halloween” means “Holy”, or ascribed to God only!
It is a Pagan ritual!  of Celtic origin practiced by the Druids.
It’s origin goes way back even before Ireland, etc.  All the way back to Cannan! 
The Cannanites, Hittites, a nd Jebusites who practiced human sacrifice, etc.
Elijah and Jezebel fought because of this Baal worship.
Baal – Human sacrifice
The Phoenicians brought it to America after triumphing in the 1840s.
The Druid priests sacrificed children and called this Halloween; a festival of the death and hell.
They believe the soul is immortal, having the ability to pass from one dead body to another living body -  a transfer of spirits
(Hebrews 9;7)  it is appointed unto  man once to die and after that the judgement
7
One of their many practices was to hallow out oak trees, put their victims inside and burn them.
The Canaanites burned their children, especially their first born, as a sacrifice to their idol gods.  


They believed there is a veil between the living and the dead that is thinnest during this season and that the dead would roam around looking for a body to inhabit.  People dressed  as spirits in order to look like they were also dead  This is not a casual thing!  Have no fellowship with this work of darkness.
They believed there is a veil between the living and the dead that is thinnest during this season and that the dead would roam around looking for a body to inhabit.  People dressed  as spirits in order to look like they were also dead  This is not a casual thing!  Have no fellowship with this work of darkness. 
Britain, Ireland and Scotland call this all Hallows day – celebrating saints, etc.
They decided to incorporate the Druid holiday for protection.
They disguised it as a celebration of seasonal changes!
2Cor 6:14  be ye not unequally yoked together…ye shall be my sons and daughters.
Light and darkness cannot dwell together.
God is not willing that any should perish.
After salvation we dan call on God.
(1John 2:1) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
(1 John 1:9) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
One example of how the enemy presents himself as light:
Many things of darkness are disguises and have nothing to do with the things of God.
It is time to stand and speak the truth in love!
Know the truth of God’s love.  Tell the truth all the way.
Walk in the truth.  Arise, shine!  The glory of the lord has risen upon us! 

The War Within   - (Outline for review  at the end)
​
We are in a very special time in the kingdom!  Glad to be in the kingdom.  To know that we are children of the most high God.
We start with the book of Joshua today.. very foundational what spirit is saying about the war inside our fleshed has allowed this season for us to evaluate ourselves and our relationship with him.  We are   always faced with the challenge how to live in the spirit.  We should be taking inventory, examining ourselves, to make sure we are in the faith.  Making sure that our intent is toward personal intimacy with God, pleasing God. 
There are many distractions and deceptions that can get our focus away from our focus and steadfastness in Christ.  ..
 We must come apart and make our calling and election sure, making sure our obedience and intimacy with God is being strengthened.  We are in a new season, challenging us as we remember how times of fellowship have changed.   The bible makes it very clear to us that we are in a war against the flesh.
 
According to Galatians 5:17, the flesh warreth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh
Paul discusses the challenge of how to live in the spirit.  Every Moment of the day. 
We must know how to overcome and win in this great battle.
My senses, temptations, naturals senses are challenging what the Holy Spirit is doing inside of me.
Romans 7:20-25 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
We will look at the second battle Joshua fought.  It was a battle God won for them and showed them how to get victory in this battle.  Joshua had led them into the promised land and this was the first great battle.  Joshua sought the Lord.  He wanted to please God.  Concerning the battle against Jericho, God gave instructions to have the Israelites to march around the wall of the city seven times and then on the seventh time they would shout!  They possessed the land and had victory in this situation.  This was a big public battle that is well known.
The wall around Jericho was a double wall.  It was fortified but God gave hem victory and proved that he was with them.
Jericho was a public battle, easily seen.  The 2nd battle seemed to be a small thing. 
Let’s focus on the second battle now. 
In this next battle, Joshua took councel from his soldiers who said there is no need to make preparation for this battle by involving the military.
We sometimes underestimate the enemy that is within us, the flesh.  the inward workings of the enemy.  Giving place to those things, not dealing with the inner man.  causes defeat.  If we continue to lose the private battles in the flesh, you will eventually be destroyed.
Over time, if they are not dealt with, not repenting for sin on the inside, hidden, invisible private battles will destroy you.
Hebrews 12:1. “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
We must lay aside every sin.
This is not a matter of salvation, but of peace and victory.
It’s the little foxes that spoil the vine. (Song of Solomon  2:15) 
The little things can cause defeat and destruction to our lives overtime.
 
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How to maintain our strength and overcome the flesh.
1)acknowledge the battle is real.  Build ourselves up in those areas.
The thief roams about seeking who is not standing strong. (whom he may devour.) Give no place to him.
Referring to the devil, Jesus said, “He has nothing in me.” There’s no sin handles, nothing that he can grip and grab hold of in my life.  I’ve given no place to him.
Satan is as subtle as a serpent and destructive as a roaring lion,
 
2) be honest about our personal struggle with our own flesh.  Don’t deny and justify it.
Be honest about what our personal struggles are
in the areas of our lives that entice us –chemical addictions, greed, pride, lust
Build ourselves up in those areas  
We cannot give any place to the enemy
Ephesians 6:10-12  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood
 
 
This is another area of testing for us. This is a more subtle thing. 
Are we more of a God pleaser than a man pleaser!  Be more concerned about how God sees us than how man sees us.  He sees the condition of your heart.  Make decisions that are pleasing to God!
 
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Jericho is sort of an example of our outward victories that can be easily seen by others.  victories over health, finance, relationship struggles, etc.
we get great testimony over how we overcame.
1st  battle of Joshua’s     Jericho /outward, the public battle 
everyone saw the walls come down!
 
If we don’t take the same approach to the smaller, private battles, we will find ourselves in defeat.
Ai /the inward, private battle  (Joshua 7:1-12)
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
KJV: King James Version
 
(remember when God commanded Saul to destroy the Amalachites.  Because he did not fully obey but spared the life of the King and took the things he thought was good. he lost his kingdom)
In the case of AI,  the CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOOK THE ACCURSED THING.
God told them to destroy all but the gold and silver and all the precious things.
These were to be committed to the house of God.
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Proverbs 28:13 13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Don’t have unconfessed  sin in our lives.
They brought defeat to the whole camp and destruction because of disobedience.
Joshua’s underestimation of the enemy
We sometimes give place to the enemy in a subtle way.
Joshua did not seek God as he had done before at Jericho.  They didn’t realize this was still a spiritual battle.  They resorted to their own reasoning. 
In all of our ways we are to acknowledge him.
He received council of men instead of seeking God!
Underestimating the enemy is a result of the spirit of pride.  There is a spirit of pride when you use your reasoning, your decisions, your will, your mind.
Overestimating the enemy in fear, giving him more power.
Joshua blamed God in his defeat.
We need to check ourselves, take inventory, look at ourselves first.
We can’t blame the devil, either.
Submit yourself to God, then you can resist the devil. Remember it’s not by might, nor by power but by God’s spirit.
Sometimes God allows challenges, testing to build you up.
 
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The trial of your faith works endurance. (James 1:3)
The devil wants to rob you of your confidence in God and to make you think God does not love you.
Casting down vain imaginations and every thought
2 Corinthians 10:5 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
This is the battle inside of us. 
the first line of the battle is in your mind.
God tells us to “think on these things.” Philippians 4:8-9  8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are  lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things”
He gives perfect peace to those whose mind is stayed on the Lord.
Have a mind to seek the Lord.
Know that all things do work together for your good.
Be confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6-7) 
What shall we say then to these things.  If God be for you who can be against you. against you. (Romans 8:31)  He that spared not his son but delivered him up…
No weapon formed against you shall prosper.  ( Isaiah 54:17)
Keep this mindset and keep your mind stayed on the Lord.
 
 
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Joshua’s question to God -
“How will we look in the eyes of the other nation?”
Even today, The world is watching.  “Where is their God”?
But we know this:  “As sin abounds, grace does much more abound.” (Romans 5:20)
 
There is now and will be gross darkness (Issaiah 61)
Never think that defeat was planned by God.  Our job is to submit to God.
Achan tried to hide the sin situation.  See it as something killing us like a cancer, causing destruction in our whole being.
God had told Joshua to find it!
Until sin is dealt with, you will never get the victory.
If we cover Sin in our personal lives we will not prosper.
 
God is merciful.  Remember Jonah down in the belly of the fish until he cried out.  God heard from the third heaven and delivered Jonah!
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After dealing with the sin of Achan,, God showed Joshua how to go in and get victory.
God said, “fear not to take all the people with you.”
We must Take ALL the weapons of warfare.  Don’t take it lightly.
 
 
Are you Hiding some things? 
How to overcome the flesh.
Take this test:  

• have you been afraid of confessing Christ openly lately?
• have you stolen of been dishonest in any way?
• have you been criticizing or gossiping about others, especially God’s servant?
• have you lost your desire to pray and read God’s word due to other interests?
• Do you have bitterness and unforgiveness in your heart?
• Have you robbed God by withholding finances and time from him?

“if you are ashamed of me before men, I will be ashamed of you before my father.
If you don’t deal with private battles, there will be defeat in your life.
 
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Come with everything you have. prayer, fasting, reading, worship, dancing…
Expose things the devil has you covering.
(Romans 8:5)   He wants you to be carnally minded instead of spiritually minded.  “they that area after the flesh…”
“They that are after the flesh cannot please God.
Sow to the spirit and reap life.
There is only one mighty weapon, not intellect, reasoning, wisdom of men.
Colossians 3:1-17 
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God
 
When Christ who is our life shall appear…
mortify your members…conversations, etc.
 
The Outward man – the wrath of God comes on the children on disobedience.
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(Romans 8:5-8)   -    put off outward things   - “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in the spirit put off :
ANGER, WRATH, MALICE
 
INWARD MAN – PUT ON MERCIES, KINDNESS, MEEKNESS, FOGIVING….
CLEAN YOUR HEART, REPLACE
Be ye thankful
You cannot keep speaking the conversation of the world.  Talk of things of the kingdom of God.
 
Romans 8:8 Let the word of God dwell in you richly.  Whatsoever you do in word or deed, let it be done in the name of the Lord!

THE WAR WITHIN, OUTLINE FOR REVIEW

The War Within, Outline  (Pastor R.B.Miller  October 10,2021)
 Jericho and Ai
1)   Joshua 7:1-12                          Victory at Jericho/Defeat at Ai
          8:1-3                                       Public Victory/Private   (2Cor. 10)
         The Accursed Thing             Underestimating our enemy
          Hidden Sins/Unconfessed sins
 
2)   Take this test 

• have you been afraid of confessing Christ openly lately?
• have you stolen of been dishonest in any way?
• have you been criticizing or gossiping about others, especially God’s servant?
• have you lost your desire to pray and read God’s word due to other interests?
• Do you have bitterness and unforgiveness in your heart?
• Have you robbed God by withholding finances and time from him?

 
3)    Flesh vs. Spirit          (Galatians 5)
 
4)   Carnal Mind vs. Spirit Mind  (Romans 8:5-8)
 
Overcoming the flesh and spiritual dryness
 
How to maintain Strength and Overcome the flesh

1. must first acknowledge that the battle is real
2. must be honest about our personal struggles with our flesh  (Neh 12:1,2 and 6)

3)must constantly build ourselves up in these areas   (Colossians 3:1-17)
 
Why?
If you continue to lose the private battles in the flesh you will eventually be destroyed!
Praying for victory over the enemy on the outside and not repenting for the sin on the inside!
 
Man looks at the outward appearance!
More concerned about how you are perceived and received by man than how God sees you!
 men pleasers
Joshua received the counsel of man without seeking God   Psalm 1, Prov 3:5, Matt 6  seek ye first the kingdom of God
They underestimated the enemy
Pride will cause you to underestimate the enemy, Fear will cause you to overestimate the enemy.
In defeat Joshua blamed God.
 One man’s sin affected the whole tribe. Joshua 8:1-3
vs. 10-12,20-21    Chapter 6:17-19
 True victory comes after repentance.


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Brief outline and  notes  
1) Hall of Fame of Faith Heb. 11:13-16  and 33-40
John 14 let not your heart be troubled…I go to prepare a place for you
Heaven, a prepared place for a prepared people!
I Cor. 2:9-10     Eye hath not seen  He reveals by His spirit
Holy Spirit wants to give us a deeper and clearer revelation of our future!
2)Hope in the completion of our salvation!
Romans 8:18, 22-25 vs 23 
spirit, soul and body   Rom. 8:18 (spirit)
Romans 12:1-2 (soul)  
A Prepared Place
The Blessed Hope   
3)  Titus 2:11-14  The next great event on God’s calendar
4) John 11:23-26,   1Thes. 4:13-17      
5) 2 Cor. 5:1-4   John 5:25-29
6) 1John 3:1-3  
 Three distinct sounds from heaven:    1. sound of a rushing wind      (Power)
                                                                           2.      “      “  an abundance of rain   (Provision)
                                                                          3.      “      “  a  trumpet   (Presence)



Preparation for Destination (complete sermon notes)
 
I Cor. 2:9-10     eye Has not seen neither has ear heard the things He has prepared for us,
 
He will never leave us or forsake us!  let not your heart be troubled.
 through it, into a new day!  New Mercies!
Hebrews 
God wants to encourage us, reminds us of our future
I Cor. 2:9-10     
David said, I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living.  He will sustain us!  through our earthly existence and future resurrected glorified bodies!
The early saints looked forward to a prepared place.
Keep the wicks trimmed and your oil burning.  It’s important that we have our hope in him.  Looking forward to our blessed hope !
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Hebrews 11:13  these died in faith…prepared for them a city
declared plainly..
through faith subdued kingdoms…
they can’t receive fulness until we get there.
we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
keep running this race with patience your labor is not in vain
He will complete that which he has begun in you.
Matt 5:12, 1 Corinthians 9:4-27; 2 Timothy 2:5    There is a great reward at judgment seat of Christ for those who remain faithful
Revelation 22:12-20
“Behold I come quickly and my reward is with me.”
this mortal shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye.  His return is closer than we first believed
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We need a deeper revelation of what is ahead.
set our affection on things above.  our lives are hidden with Christ
We are in this world but not of.  We are ambassadors.  We represent the King of Kings.  We have been left here with a purpose. 
We are laborers in His vineyard, seeing the multitudes as sheep having no shepherd.  They are helpless without God.
Their future is damnation if they die in sin!   Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 
There is a great urgency to warn the wicked to repent and the saints to maintain their righteousness.
 
John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 
We look forward to this.  We are not yet fully saved, saved in part but not yet complete.
Romans 8  the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us.
 
Like a mother experiencing birth pains of labor, we look forward to the end, results of the labor.
All creation is under damnation because of the commitment of their allegiance to Satan.
God, by his mercy covered Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.
Jesus is the Last Adam.  By one man sin entered and by one man salvation came.
God brought salvation.
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There is a groaning in the earth!
all creation is waiting to see what God will do.  There is a groaning in the earth. Earhquakes, volcanoes
the earth is in revolt because of the sin that came into the world.
animals will be at peace, sheep and lion will graze together in the end.
There is a shaking  chaos and confusion in the earth.
Men’s hearts failing them for fear as we get close to the end of the age.
The imaginations of men’s heart are continually evil. Wickedness abounds.
Romans 8:22,23 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Our bodies are made from the earth!  We are glorified dirt and water.  There are 17 elements of the earth that are found in the human body.
God breathed into man’s nostrils, we are spirits from heaven. The spirit came into the physical realm.
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spirit and soul and body
the spirit man is converted to the heavenly
Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 
Ephes 21  you hath  he quickened…
you are a soul
Romans 12 I beseech you therefore…renewing of your mind
be born again and connected to the spirit of God
The 5 senses bring messages from the world to our soulish mind, will and emotions.
Now we have messages from the heavenly, so now we have conflict
We must have our mind renewed by the Word of God to discern what the natural senses are saying and line them up with the word of God.
Our body is still connected with the world while  the spirit and soul are in agreement.  We must keep the body under.
Ephes 2:8 saved by grace through faith
hope that is seen is not hope
verse 24  We are saved by hope of future redemption
faith is the evidence of things hoped for
if we hope for that which we see not…
even we ourselves…the redemption of our body
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Heaven has too much glory for these bodies to sustain.
We must have a glorified body!  We will get a glorified body!
Moses and Elijah appeared to Peter and John on the mountain with Jesus
Jesus is God!  You cannot equate him with Moses.
He is God manifest in the flesh.
In the beginning, God -  He is judge! 
He will either say, “Enter In….” or “Depart from me”
The mystery of godliness,  God was manifest in the flesh.
 
 
Jesus himself said, I am the way the truth and the life.  There is one mediator between man and God.  We cannot overemphasize this.
There is a great falling away amongst us.
Away from that great hope.  Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us that we should all live godly. 
Our job is to do as much as we can to be witnesses.
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He that liveth and believeth in me shall never die
There is no fear of death for the saints of God.
Those who have deceased loved ones can rejoice in the memories of them but focus on the glory to come!  Rejoice in the things God allowed you to share with them. 
If they knew the Lord, they are now present with Him.  Rejoice, Celebrate their life!
Titus 2:12  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.
keep ourselves unstained from the world.
Looking for our blessed hope and great God.
The Lord himself shall descend with a shout and the voice of the archangel
so shall we ever be with the lord.
our glorified bodies will reconnect with our souls
glorified bodies are adaptable to heaven
We shall see Him as He is.  We will be known even as He is known.
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 1 Corinthians 13:12
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There are Three distinct sounds from heaven:    the sound of a rushing wind  (power),  an abundance of rain   (Provision),  a  trumpet   (Presence)
The sound of the trumpet  (the presence)  feast of trumpets
1 Thessalonians 4:13,16
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
16For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the LORD in the air: and so shall we ever be with the LORD.
Pentecost displayed a sound of power from  heaven as of a mighty rushing wind.  accompanied by cloven tongues,
the enemy is on the rampage, knowing that he has a short time
These are the days of Elijah.  After three years of drought, Elijah bowed himself in a fetal position to ask for the rains to return.  He heard the sound as the sound of an abundance of rain. 
God speaks before you see in the natural.  Elijah had sent his servant out 7 times to look for the rain. Only on the 7th time, did the servant see a small cloud. 
We must stay in the secret place with God.
God said, I will that you have life abundantly
He will lead you. He is an ever present help In times of trouble.
There is a shout and the sound of the trumpet.  Everyone will not hear it because there is so much going on.
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There is a cry coming soon.  “Behold the bridegroom cometh.”
The sound of the trumpet will be heard by some.
1John3  behold what manner of love the father has bestowed upon us.
Don’t ever let the devil convince you that God does not love you!
We love Him because we know he first loved us.
When HE shall appear, we shall be like him.
 
We have the hope of the rapture and His return.
“They looked for a city whose builder and maker is God”
We look  for a glorious house though our earthly house perish
We earnestly desire to be clothed upon
 
Jesus promised:  If  I go away,  where I am there you shall be also.
This is preparation for heaven.
He who hath this hope in himself purifies himself.
Be a light in your witness, your lifestyle.
Jesus is coming soon.   We rejoice because our names are written in heaven!